ERC Consolidator Grant · 2019
Circuit and cellular mechanisms for computing spatial vectors to shelter during escape
Executing actions that move the body across space to reach goals is a task that animals constantly perform. In some cases, the goal is within direct reach of sensory systems, but in others the goal location has to be retrieved from memory and requires moving towards to a memorised point in space. Previous work has identified neural circuits that represent space, and devised models for transforming object-centred spatial representations into body-centred coordinates, but we do not know the mechanisms by which actions are computed to reach memorised locations. Our goal is to uncover these mechanisms, by investigating instinctive escape to shelter in mice. Recent work has shown that escape to…
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